Good Boundaries and Goodbyes by Lysa TerKeurst
Week 2: Chapter 1 — Why Relationships Are So Hard
Read Chapter 1 of Good Boundaries and Goodbyes. Key passages to consider: Genesis 1–2; Romans 5:12.
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Every relational struggle has a backstory that goes all the way back to the garden — this chapter invites you to see your own story in that larger one.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Lysa argues that relationships are hard not because we're doing something wrong but because we live in a broken world where sin has fractured the design God originally intended. How does locating the problem in the Fall, rather than just in yourself or the other person, change how you feel about your situation?
2.She describes how God designed humans for connection — with Him and with each other — and how sin introduced shame, hiding, and blame into that design. Where do you see the dynamic of hiding or blame-shifting playing out in a current relationship?
3.Lysa distinguishes between the way relationships were designed to work and the way they actually work after sin enters. What is one expectation you carry into relationships that may be better suited to Eden than to the world we actually live in?